I'm Sorry, I Didn't See You There! @OriginalWorks Writing Contest #1
I'm Sorry, I Didn't See You There!
@OriginalWorks Writing Contest #1
By: @Lymmerik
Most of the time, I wear flip-flops. Today, though, it was drizzling rain and flip-flops are slick on the sidewalks of Tucson during monsoon season, so I was wearing my tennies. I can never tie the strings tight enough and they always come untied.
I tripped over the string of my right shoe while walking down 4th Street, almost falling flat on my face. I dropped my phone into my pants pocket. I was only knelt down for three seconds, but it was long enough for this guy to trip over me.
"What the..." He grumbled. "I'm sorry, I didn't see you there!"
"It's these shoes, they come untied all the time." I replied, looking up. "Ummm...is someone there?"
"Hello, I'm right here...on the ground...beside you..." He said sarcastically. "Oh, you're the new guy, aren't you?"
"New guy? No, I've lived here my whole life." I answered.
"You've never been invisible before, have you?" He questioned.
"Wait, what?" I questioned his question.
Really, I wasn't out in the heat that long. It was blazing hot that July day. I guess maybe I had.
"Invisible! You...are...invisible, so am I!" He boasted. "It's really very cool. It takes a little while to realize that you are invisible, sometimes days, until you bump into someone who is also invisible."
"But why would I be invisible?" I asked.
"Well, when was the last time someone spoke to you? I'm sorry, I'm Bob."
"I'm David, oh, I don't know, yesterday?"
"Dave, see, you're new." He instructed. "You are invisible because, like the rest of us invisibles, you've become obsessed with your phone. You're just walking down the street with your head in cyberspace while the world passes you by."
"Guilty! One time I walked into a No Parking sign and knocked my..." I looked up and there he was. "I can see you..."
"See, it just takes a bit to really see who's around you...hey...look at the time, gotta go, nice to see you..." He said, walking off.
As I watched him walk away, he took his phone out of his pocket and slowly faded from sight. I reached into my pants pocket, took out my phone, entered my password and turned and walked away. Poof!
Thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings!
@Lymmerik
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